Governance and statutes
The tasks, rights and obligations of the Donau Soja Association and its boards, bodies and members are set out in its statutes.
Acceptance of the statutes is a pre-requisite for membership of the Donau Soja Association.
Find the Donau Soja statutes here.
The Donau Soja Organisation comprises a non-profit association, a 100% non-profit subsidiary (Donau Soja gGmbH), and offices in Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.
For details about the structure of the Donau Soja Organisation, please refer to the Donau Soja statutes.
ASSOCIATION
The Donau Soja bodies are the General Assembly, the Board, the Steering Committee (Presidium), the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Auditors and the Advisory Board.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Ordinary General Assembly is the “members’ meeting” and is held annually, within nine months after the end of the fiscal year.
BOARD
The Board currently has 13 members. The Board meets six times a year and is responsible for decisions on the Donau Soja guidelines, as well as projects and strategies.
Matthias Krön (Chairman)
Donau Soja (AT)
Lukas Wiesmüller (Deputy Chairman)
Spar Österreich (AT)
Natalia Hordiichuk
Agritema (UA)
Hannah Mittner
Lidl Stiftung (DE)
Nataša Pucar
Bimal (BiH)
Carsten Lentz Storm
Intergrain (LUX)
Cristina dalla Bona
Cereal Docks (IT)
Michael Klaffenböck
Verband Österreichischer Schweinebauern (Austrian Pork Farmers Union) (AT)
Gerald Gruber
Fixkraft-Futtermittel (AT)
Michaela Meyer
EDEKA Südwest (DE)
Robert Pichler
Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband / RWA (AT)
Ingrid Schlichenmaier
BAG Ölmühle (BAG Oil Mill) (AT)
Rene van der Poel
ADM (DE)
The auditors are Ernst Ternon and Johann Blaimauer.
STEERING COMITTEE (PRAESIDIUM)
The Steering Committee (Praesidium) considers suggestions offered by the Board. These may be accepted or rejected. The Steering Committee currently consists of 12 persons drawn from businesses and organisations.
Chuk Viacheslaw
Astarta-Kyiv (UA)
Florian Faber
ARGE Gentechnik-frei (Platform for GMO-Free Food Products) (AT)
Felix Gohn
Fritz Mauthner Handelsges.m.b.H. & Co KG (AT)
Benjamin Laga
Protealis (BE)
Amos Ramsauer
Agriprotein GmbH (DE)
Michael Wurzer
Geflügelwirtschaft Österreich (AT)
Andrin Dietziker
Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft (CH)
Christian Gaisböck
Deutsche Saatgut (DE)
Andreas Grund
SAATBAU LINZ (AT)
Jakub Lunter
The New Originals Company (AT)
Anna Seiwerth
Lajtamag Kft (HU)
Bogdan Zigic
Biofor (RS)
ADVISORY BOARD
Helmut Gaugitsch
Umweltbundesamt (Austrian Environmental Agency) (AT)
Piero Ciriani
Soia Italia (IT)
Yulia Garkavenko
UkrAgroConsult (UA)
Andreas Lidauer
Hofer KG (AT)
Daniele Marcomin
Agriholism (IT)
Francois Paybou
Lidea (FR)
Ursula Bittner
Greenpeace (AT)
Michael Duspiwa
UBM Agrar GmbH (AT)
Martin Greßl
Agrarmarkt Austria (AT)
Tobias Ludes
Global Nature Fund (DE)
Adolf Marksteiner
LKÖ (AT)
Philipp Gloning
Bayrisches Staatsministerium (DE)
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